New Posts For Thread: Arthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/artBeen doing some research on Art for quiz questions for the leagues, gotta say I know nothing about it.Was looking at van gogh's sunflowers and it was just a bunch of sunflowers in a jar, painted kind of yellowy. So what.What was so good about Mona LIf like me you are very much a layman when it comes to art, I thoroughly recommend 'The Story of Painting: The Essential Guide to the History* of Western Art by Sister Wendy Beckett. It certainly helps me understand things better, so adds to the overhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758378#417758378If like me you are very much a layman when it comes to art, I thoroughly recommend 'The Story of Painting: The Essential Guide to the History* of Western Art by Sister Wendy Beckett. It certainly helps me understand things better, so adds to the overMon, 14 Dec 2009 04:05:44 -0600Potential Saatchi artist IMO.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758238#417758238Potential Saatchi artist IMO.Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:45:17 -0600The only art to give me joy is Degas' ballerina: he sculpted her with a flat head on which to rest his pint whilst receiving oral gratification.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758138#417758138The only art to give me joy is Degas' ballerina: he sculpted her with a flat head on which to rest his pint whilst receiving oral gratification.Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:00:36 -0600Art students love Richter. His reputation didn't really take off until the early 90s as art critics couldn't really figure out what he was doing.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758134#417758134Art students love Richter. His reputation didn't really take off until the early 90s as art critics couldn't really figure out what he was doing.Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:52:02 -0600Some of my favs; Albrecht Durer, Turner, Severeni and other futurists. Malevich and Tatlin. Grosz and Dix. Modern: Gerard Richter: genius. Chapman brothers cabbages Hell, saw it last year; monumental!Of Turner prize winners; liked Grayson Perry's pothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758122#417758122Some of my favs; Albrecht Durer, Turner, Severeni and other futurists. Malevich and Tatlin. Grosz and Dix. Modern: Gerard Richter: genius. Chapman brothers cabbages Hell, saw it last year; monumental!Of Turner prize winners; liked Grayson Perry's potSun, 13 Dec 2009 11:13:41 -0600"In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. They promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758118#417758118"In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. They promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiSun, 13 Dec 2009 10:40:36 -0600My brother brings these films down - he gets 4 or 5 films on a disc...and he gets a "free" bet...he let me down the other day when he ran out of good stuff and brought me down Series 1 and 2 of the A-team...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758114#417758114My brother brings these films down - he gets 4 or 5 films on a disc...and he gets a "free" bet...he let me down the other day when he ran out of good stuff and brought me down Series 1 and 2 of the A-team...Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:37:18 -0600havent seen that emile zola one...have to have a look, seeming as im readng a novel of his at this very momenti have the 'lust for life' film on video, ott yes but theres still something about it which holds your attention, again, a very sad film, sphttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758110#417758110havent seen that emile zola one...have to have a look, seeming as im readng a novel of his at this very momenti have the 'lust for life' film on video, ott yes but theres still something about it which holds your attention, again, a very sad film, spSun, 13 Dec 2009 10:29:06 -0600These old biographical film are good - like the ones about Pasteur, Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, Madame Curie...and The Life of Emile Zola with Paul Muni...the Van Gogh one with Kirk Douglas is maybe a bit OTT.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758106#417758106These old biographical film are good - like the ones about Pasteur, Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, Madame Curie...and The Life of Emile Zola with Paul Muni...the Van Gogh one with Kirk Douglas is maybe a bit OTT.Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:20:49 -0600"Production notesThe film was shot at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, and on location in London and Paris. Reportedly, John Huston asked cinematographer Oswald Morris that he wanted the color scheme of the film to look "as if Touloushttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23421818/art?post_id=417758102#417758102"Production notesThe film was shot at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, and on location in London and Paris. Reportedly, John Huston asked cinematographer Oswald Morris that he wanted the color scheme of the film to look "as if ToulousSun, 13 Dec 2009 10:17:16 -0600